Most joint fundraising committee money came from major donors who were contributing jointly to the candidate and to political party committees. See Table 3 for a summary of the joint fundraising committees in Note that many of the same people reported as giving to the candidate in the various general election aggregate contribution ranges may also have given to the campaign during the primaries.
Alternatively, such a donor may have fit into one of the higher categories for the primaries, or may not have given during the primaries at all. These combined figures are not directly comparable to those of other presidential candidates, who did not raise private funds for a general election campaign. The presidential campaigns are better compared by using primary election campaign funding alone.
However, the full two year numbers allow for better, methodologically equivalent comparisons between President Obama's fundraising with the funding sources for candidates for the U. House and Senate, state governor and state legislature.
House or Senate. Follow the Money FollowtheMoney. The Campaign Finance Institute For Immediate Release. Contact: Michael Malbin. Nine days after the election, the Republican National Committee filed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of , which amended the original campaign finance laws on the books. McCain helped write the current campaign finance law, which ironically, some conservatives think limited what the Republican National Committee was able to do on his behalf.
Team Obama has claimed that about 80 percent of its money came from small donors. Bush received in Its hard to know for sure if that's the case or not. Interestingly, the percent of Obama unitemized receipts stayed pretty steady throughout February through September, Obama's unitemized percentage was between 35 percent and 42 percent every month -- which would seem to indicate that the campaign's level of small donors remained steady.
Obama's big fundraising success contrasts with the situation of his main primary opponent, Hillary Clinton, whose campaign spent more than it raised. Once confirmed as secretary of state, Clinton would be barred by the Hatch Act of from soliciting and receiving political contributions. However, a little innovative campaign treasury maneuvering could yield a faster way for Clinton to erase some of the remaining debt.
On Aug. That money could, theoretically, be transferred back to the presidential campaign and used to knock out vendor debt.
Because the debt is for the primary period, donors who've already maxed out would not be able to redesignate their contributions for debt relief. A Clinton source would not comment on this possible scenario. Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate.
Yet the exit poll revealed a sizable gap in support for Obama between whites in the South and those living in other parts of the country. Yet his margin came from those who strongly favor drilling; Obama won among voters who only somewhat favor drilling in currently protected areas, as well as among the minority of voters who oppose this proposal. But terrorism has faded in importance since Moreover, McCain did not entirely escape the shadow of George W. Looking forward, most voters are upbeat about an Obama presidency.
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